It wasn’t that long ago that Sniq could count themselves among the host of heaven. They were a Dominion, a linked multitude with a single purpose and charged with protecting mankind from the depredations of hell.

The Game Master’s Guide briefly floats the idea of Jordi as the Demon Prince of Beasts. While this keeps his association with animals, it has very little bearing on the modern world. Animals are not “out to get” humanity, and are singularly ill equipped to do so. While the simple flip is appealing, it would only work in a much earlier setting where animal attacks are a legitimate threat.

But Jordi is an Archangel at risk. He’s an open misanthrope – the only Superior aside from Malphas who regularly shuns contact with humans (and even Malphas is more likely to make exceptions). Jordi’s perspective is thoroughly alien to most humans, and therefore to the constructs of their faith. Just a little twist and he could snap into something else entirely. Continue reading →

The Vapula Ascendant setting is based upon “The Machine” variation proposed for Vapula in Superiors 4.

Hell may once have existed as Dante imagined it, but no longer. With the rise of the machine and power of the internet revealed, hell is fast becoming a nightmare ripped from the mind of William Gibson. Continue reading →

According to Heaven, there were no demons before The Fall. If true, that means that each Band began somewhere. In some cases there is canonical guidance, in others we are left to our own devices, and in a few there are even some competing signals.

By teasing out these hints and differences, we can get an idea of what some of the earliest factions of hell might have been. Whether this is used as deep background, an alternate setting for games set near the dawn of time, or as a way to pick out new “hidden” powers seeking to emerge I leave as an exercise to the GMs in the audience. Continue reading →

Some years back, an audacious sorcerer attempted to commune with Bonoham, the Duchess of Phosphor. Intrigued by someone with the power and temerity to reach out to her, she opened a hellmouth and extended a portion of her undying felfire into the mortal realms. However, his rituals and her attunement interacted in an unexpected way causing the portal to snap shut and severing a portion of her forces from her.

Rather than dissipating, the forces took on a life of their own, immolating the sorcerer on the spot and possessing what remained of his ruined flesh. When the Duchess re-established the hellmouth, her forces had already fled – no longer wishing to be reunited with their infernal whole. Continue reading →

Iarabal is hardly the only “Lady Luck” (several demons are competing for the Word), but she does moderately well for one of the younger contenders for the title. Like most of her competition, she has a fondness for gambling and will do her best to prolong her current host’s winning streak – but Iarabal loves a winner and will jump ship the moment her host loses big.

This one can still remember the time when it was many, flitting from dream to dream – helping mortals lose themselves in their fantasies. It was all bollocks.

Mankind has always been closer to the angels than one ever really wanted to admit. A bit of gold and tantalum, some clever programming, and humans can create “dreams” for each other without ever needing to sleep. This one was nervous when Vapula proposed the jump from laptops to tablets – but now this one is glad it was one of the first.

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